Events

Daniel Gonzalez, a multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mexico City, will be performing originals for the first time at Berklee, with a special blend of funk/electro-rock styles, plus an eclectic selection of songs covering Daft Punk, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, and more.

Gary Burton, a Grammy Award-winning vibraphone player, is touring this year in Europe and the United States, and will be releasing his second CD, Guided Tour, with the New Gary Burton Quartet, this August.

Discovered as an outstanding musical talent at the age of one, Mikadze performed a piano concerto with a symphony orchestra for the first time when he was 12. Noted for his skills as a fantastic pianist and composer in all styles, Mikadze has performed with the Tbilisi and Berklee symphony orchestras, composed for plays at the Rustaveli National Theatre in Georgia, and was musical director for Berklee’s tribute to Qunicy Jones.

The Simon Moullier Quartet's main power source is youth, releasing a constant energy that grows in Moullier’s original compositions. The quartet is centered around jazz, but only uses it as a color in the sound through acoustic instruments such as the alto saxophone or the upright bass. Although the music is sometimes sullied by the overdrive on the vibraphone or by the mad, itching rhythms that relate to Moullier’s main influences, such as Radiohead, Steve Reich, Tigran Hamasyan, John Coltrane, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kenny Garrett, and Robert Glasper.

Matt Jenson and the Liquid Revolution is a powerful seven-piece band built on a foundation of rock-solid reggae groove with tight vocal harmonies and inspired blues-rock soloing. Joining reggae’s long mission of revolutionary consciousness-raising, the Liquid Revolution expresses the cry of alternative global thinking in this era of climate change and extreme economic injustice.

Jazz saxophonist and composer Rick DiMuzio has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Central and South America, and Asia. In addition to his performing career, DiMuzio serves as professor at Berklee College of Music, where he has taught courses in ear training, improvisation, saxophone, jazz composition, and ensemble.

The Bell Affair featuring Karen Bell is an exhilarating elixir of funk punch poured from a diamond ladle. The music is a mixture of soulful, funky favorites served up by some of the finest musicians in New England.

Lenny "the Groove Master" Stallworth is the bassist for RH Factor, the band of famous trumpeter Roy Hargrove. He has toured the world with both this group and other various artists such as smooth jazz saxophonist Najee, funk legend and saxophonist Maceo Parker, and jazz saxophonist Dr. Kenny Garrett, to name a few. Currently, Stallworth is an associate professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches in the Performance division and the Bass Department.

Matt Savage has been connected with some of the biggest names in jazz from the time he was first labeled a “jazz prodigy” at age 8. Saxophonist, composer, producer, and educator Bobby Watson has worked as musical director for Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and recorded for Blue Note and Columbia Records.

Mike Tucker's most recent project, The Mike Tucker Organ Trio + 1 Featuring Warren Wolf , is a live recording that has an updated sound while still being rooted in the traditions of jazz. The disc features arrangments of standards, as well as several of Tucker's original compositions.

Meshell Ndegeocello is an American rapper, bassist, vocalist, and singer-songwriter. Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences, including hip-hop, soul, reggae, R&B, rock, and jazz. Ndegeocello has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career, and has earned 10 Grammy Award nominations.

Will Calhoun is a Grammy winner who contributes to many genres, including jazz, rock, hip-hop, ambient, and more while concurrently producing, touring, creating new projects, working on films, and continuously pushing the envelope. Famous for his work with the groundbreaking hard rock group Living Colour, which won two Grammys, Calhoun has recorded and/or toured and performed with many artists, including Mick Jagger, Mos Def, Oumou Sangare, Marcus Miller, and Wayne Shorter (on the Grammy-winning CD High Life).

The Berklee Global Jazz Institute is a unique, focused group designed to foster creativity and musicianship through various musical disciplines. World-renowned pianist Danilo Perez serves as its artistic director. The group is taught by a select group of prestigious Berklee faculty, including Perez, Joe Lovano, Terri Lyne Carrington, George Garzone, Bill Pierce, Jamey Haddad, and Allan Chase.

Larry Watson is regarded as an outstanding educator and civil rights activist. He uses the classroom, the stage, and the electronic media as platforms for social and political change in America, as effective vehicles for facilitating healthy dialogue on issues of race and class. He writes the kind of socially significant lyrics that chronicle and document the social history of the post-'60s era in America and their relevance to today's youth culture.

Not since Dusty Springfield invaded Memphis has a white female singer dished up so flavorful a bucket of soul. Robin McKelle’s passion for classic American R&B was first exercised two years ago when she swung away from big band swing to deliver the down-and-dirty Mess Around.

Gary Burton, a Grammy Award-winning vibraphone player, is touring this year in Europe and the United States, and will be releasing his second CD, Guided Tour, with the New Gary Burton Quartet, this August.